Cancer: Death

Mark Simmonds: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the death rates from cancer in under 75-year-olds were in  (a) England,  (b) each strategic health authority area and  (c) each primary care trust area in each year since 2000.

Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10 December 2007:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the death rates from cancer in under 75 year olds were in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority area, and (c) each primary care trust area in each year since 2000. (172582)
	Mortality rates for the current NHS organisations in England are available from 2002 onwards. The attached table provides the age-standardised mortality rate from all cancers for persons under 75 years old, in (a) England, (b) strategic health authorities and (c) primary care organisations, from 2002 to 2006 (the latest year available). A copy has been placed in the House of Commons Library.
	
		
			  Table 1. Age-standardised mortality rate from cancer1,2, all persons aged under 75 years, in England, strategic health authorities and primary care organisations( 3) , 2002-06( 4) 
			  Rate per 100,000 (persons) 
			  Area  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			 England 125 121 119 117 116 
			   
			 North-east 145 137 138 134 136 
			 County Durham 136 142 136 129 134 
			 Darlington 141 119 133 122 125 
			 Gateshead 152 133 134 143 137 
			 Hartlepool 161 153 161 148 157 
			 Middlesbrough 167 152 150 143 154 
			 Newcastle 157 143 140 151 145 
			 North Tees 148 142 145 129 141 
			 North Tyneside 156 136 150 124 132 
			 Northumberland 122 119 125 115 121 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 140 127 137 144 133 
			 South Tyneside 162 150 152 148 136 
			 Sunderland Teaching 142 140 131 138 139 
			   
			 North-west 139 133 132 133 128 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan 133 133 138 118 126 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 155 151 145 131 129 
			 Blackpool 149 134 152 148 141 
			 Bolton 132 138 123 135 121 
			 Bury 128 128 145 128 130 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire 119 110 112 114 106 
			 Central Lancashire 130 116 116 129 113 
			 Cumbria 122 117 123 120 116 
			 East Lancashire 136 127 124 122 116 
			 Halton and St. Helens 138 141 141 155 131 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale 146 133 155 144 119 
			 Knowsley 166 181 161 139 167 
			 Liverpool 162 163 162 175 161 
			 Manchester 173 163 165 165 167 
			 North Lancashire 127 120 120 128 119 
			 Oldham 161 144 133 135 133 
			 Salford 161 165 154 154 149 
			 Sefton 134 130 134 130 118 
			 Stockport 121 125 119 124 118 
			 Tameside and Glossop 152 149 121 140 136 
			 Trafford 128 121 121 125 129 
			 Warrington 112 128 119 114 119 
			 Western Cheshire 141 124 119 116 125 
			 Wirral 153 135 131 125 136 
			   
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 133 128 125 121 121 
			 Barnsley 146 143 145 133 134 
			 Bradford and Airedale 135 124 138 121 118 
			 Calderdale 137 129 120 116 114 
			 Doncaster 149 145 136 131 129 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 114 116 110 116 108 
			 Hull 155 142 154 137 150 
			 Leeds 135 133 124 121 122 
			 North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus 135 141 126 133 136 
			 North Lincolnshire 132 112 119 111 121 
			 North Yorkshire and York 113 113 111 108 105 
			 Rotherham 145 146 139 115 128 
			 Sheffield 135 124 124 127 117 
			 Wakefield District 146 132 123 130 131 
			 East midlands 122 121 117 115 113 
			 Bassetlaw 123 151 132 111 134 
			 Derby City 121 119 122 108 115 
			 Derbyshire County 123 128 113 116 113 
			 Leicester City 125 118 121 119 111 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland 100 109 109 106 101 
			 Lincolnshire 119 117 114 109 117 
			 Northamptonshire 128 114 119 122 114 
			 Nottingham City 150 153 153 135 143 
			 Nottinghamshire County 126 121 114 120 110 
			   
			 West midlands 126 124 119 119 119 
			 Birmingham East and North 147 131 125 128 128 
			 Coventry Teaching 132 126 126 136 122 
			 Dudley 134 128 118 117 116 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching 134 128 128 137 127 
			 Herefordshire 109 106 101 106 102 
			 North Staffordshire 128 114 118 109 117 
			 Sandwell 147 147 140 126 142 
			 Shropshire County 115 107 110 103 111 
			 Solihull Care Trust 120 112 119 104 116 
			 South Birmingham 132 132 127 131 120 
			 South Staffordshire 119 118 117 115 108 
			 Stoke on Trent 136 155 152 136 135 
			 Telford and Wrekin 109 129 124 123 125 
			 Walsall Teaching 135 133 127 132 134 
			 Warwickshire 115 117 97 117 113 
			 Wolverhampton City 148 139 128 130 139 
			 Worcestershire 109 112 111 108 108 
			   
			 East of England 114 114 111 108 106 
			 Bedfordshire 114 108 118 110 107 
			 Cambridgeshire 114 111 103 104 103 
			 East and North Hertfordshire 118 116 115 102 105 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 107 115 106 116 115 
			 Luton 112 117 116 132 103 
			 Mid Essex 107 121 111 103 99 
			 Norfolk 116 109 101 102 105 
			 North-east Essex 112 114 107 114 105 
			 Peterborough 123 117 114 129 107 
			 South-east Essex 117 117 119 115 114 
			 South-west Essex 133 124 121 111 124 
			 Suffolk 109 114 110 105 94 
			 West Essex 109 115 110 109 108 
			 West Hertfordshire 113 107 117 108 107 
			   
			 London 124 119 117 114 113 
			 Barking and Dagenham 154 148 126 142 142 
			 Barnet 100 105 105 101 99 
			 Bexley 115 112 109 112 117 
			 Brent Teaching 119 108 100 89 102 
			 Bromley 112 115 104 110 105 
			 Camden 114 115 126 121 122 
			 City and Hackney Teaching 145 123 138 122 131 
			 Croydon 120 109 125 113 109 
			 Ealing 100 112 106 118 103 
			 Enfield 113 122 109 116 100 
			 Greenwich Teaching 137 138 135 146 133 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 152 142 129 117 106 
			 Haringey Teaching 114 134 125 108 119 
			 Harrow 105 100 102 103 100 
			 Havering 127 111 110 125 115 
			 Hillingdon 130 107 125 120 116 
			 Hounslow 135 127 101 110 125 
			 Islington 171 146 151 131 142 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 102 75 80 89 61 
			 Kingston 123 114 99 99 110 
			 Lambeth 145 133 128 137 127 
			 Lewisham 136 141 132 144 124 
			 Newham 130 124 142 118 133 
			 Redbridge 130 109 105 98 102 
			 Richmond and Twickenham 111 117 135 101 117 
			 Southwark 146 129 125 121 126 
			 Sutton and Merton 117 126 105 107 104 
			 Tower Hamlets 148 148 165 130 150 
			 Waltham Forest 137 126 114 114 126 
			 Wandsworth 130 110 130 122 121 
			 Westminster 110 116 109 97 84 
			   
			 South-east coast 114 115 113 109 110 
			 Brighton and Hove City 117 119 123 129 135 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald 108 109 124 103 104 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent 128 125 122 116 118 
			 Hastings and Rother 124 113 120 108 127 
			 Medway 130 138 120 118 131 
			 Surrey 102 104 102 101 102 
			 West Kent 117 117 117 .101 101 
			 West Sussex 110 111 106 113 107 
			   
			 South central 117 112 111 109 108 
			 Berkshire East 110 111 110 94 104 
			 Berkshire West 105 109 111 104 102 
			 Buckinghamshire 123 110 112 104 112 
			 Hampshire 115 113 107 106 102 
			 Isle of Wight NHS 110 117 116 107 114 
			 Milton Keynes 132 118 143 124 105 
			 Oxfordshire 109 97 102 112 103 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching 125 140 117 138 143 
			 Southampton City 146 134 118 131 134 
			   
			 South-west 117 113 109 108 107 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 109 103 107 113 100 
			 Bournemouth and Poole 108 103 112 117 109 
			 Bristol 142 126 137 120 125 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 123 108 111 109 111 
			 Devon 118 116 108 107 106 
			 Dorset 110 105 101 106 97 
			 Gloucestershire 105 112 107 104 105 
			 North Somerset 127 113 106 100 96 
			 North Staffordshire 128 114 118 109 117 
			 Plymouth Teaching 127 144 126 123 123 
			 Somerset 110 110 108 108 103 
			 South Gloucestershire 111 112 102 99 113 
			 Swindon 117 115 101 120 126 
			 Torbay 138 115 101 112 105 
			 Wiltshire 115 108 100 97 104 
			 (1) Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes COO to C97. (2) Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages. (3) Based on boundaries as of 2007. The 152 primary care organisations include 148 primary care trusts (PCTs), and four care organisations (CO's). (4) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year.